‘Tomic’s career is over, the light is fading’

BERNARD Tomic's career is all but over, according to his former coach.

Neil Guiney, who worked with Tomic for a decade when he was playing the junior circuit, has shed light on the 25-year-old's life growing up, his attitude and the detrimental effect he believes John Tomic has had on his son's career.

The world No. 164 - who is set for another slump in the ATP rankings as he will lose his points earned from a third-round appearance at Melbourne Park last year - was denied a wildcard for this year's event and forced into qualifying.

There he fell to unknown Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the third round of and as such had missed his home grand slam for the first time since 2008.

Failure to reach the main draw was overshadowed by Tomic's controversial post-match interview during which he said: 'I just count money, that's all I do, I count my millions. You go make $13 or $14 million. Good luck, bye.'